Paint or oil can.



' PATENIED OCT. 3, 1905.v

5. Bl. HALL.

PAINT OR OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED DE(J.10 1904 FTL INVENTOR Jamesfi Hid! ATTORNEY WITNESSES: 6 2% U I ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAINT OR OIL CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed December 10, 1904. Serial No. 236,294.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint or Oil Cans, of which the following is a specification, reference be inghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The main object of the invention is to produce a convenient container for paint, oil, belt-lubricants, or the like and one which is provided with devices for receiving, holding, and cleaning the implements used for applying the said liquids. I attain these and other objects by the novel construction and combination of parts, as will hereinafter be fully described, and illustrated in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a can embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

The can proper consists of a vertical inclosing Wall A, preferably elliptical in horizontal section, and horizontal bottom and top walls B and C, respectively, of which the latter is positioned at a short distance below the top edge a of the first-named wall.

The top wall is provided with an opening D, through which the can is filled or emptied and which is desirably placed adjacent of one end of the can. Extending across the front end of the can at some distance above the top wall C and projecting some distance over the said opening D is a bridge-piece E, provided with a spout-opening e in proximity with the end of the can. A divided bridge-piece F is provided at some distance above the said top at the other end of the can and has a slot f therein.

G is a bail or handle pivotally connected to the can-top, as by attachments H, and comprises a central curved finger-gripping portion and ends 9, protruding outwardly from said attachments. These protruding ends are each given an approximately rectangular bend at g, thence extended upwardly, then by other bends g" horizontally, and terminating in downwardlyinclined bends g, as shown. The said upwardly-extending portions of the bail ends are inclined longitudinally from a plane projected through the said gripping portion, so that when the can is sustained by the latter the ends will be caused to be pressed downwardly in a circular direction and exert a pressure upon the applying or cleaning implements (indicated by broken lines a: and 3/ in Fig 1) and hold the same securely in place.

K represents a bar adapted to have one of its ends inserted beneath the bridge E, while the other end is inserted beneath the other bridge F by entering it obliquely through the slot f thereof and acting to retain the cover L in its place over the opening of the top 0. This bar may advantageously be made in shape of some useful toolas, for example,a scraper-for cleaning belts or the surfaces upon which the contents of the can is to be applied, and in the drawings I illustrate such an embodiment.

In using the can the cover L is taken 013? after the removal of the bar K, when the contents may be poured out through the spoutopening a by tilting the can forwardly, or the contents may be taken out by dipping a brush, such as 00, therein. If taken out with a brush, an overabundance of the liquid can be wiped ofi by drawing the brush-bristles across the rear edge e of the bridge E, the surplus dropping back through the opening D into the can.

The invention is particularly valuable for holding pulley-belt lubricants and the implements commonly used for applying the same. For instance, the lubricant can be poured upon a moving belt through the aforementioned spout-opening in advance of a spreading-brush, such as y, held in one hand of the operator, thereby distributing the lubricant equally over the entire belt-surface, or if the belt is a narrow one it can be lubricated by the use of a brush capable of being dipped into the receptacle.

The invention makes it possible to reduce the waste to a minimum, shields the contents from dirt, affords means of holding the tools, and also for cleaning the brushes.

Having described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a can comprised of vertical and horizontal walls with an opening in the upper of said horizontal walls, a removable cover for said opening, a bridge-piece extending across the front end of the can and'protruding over the said opening, said bridge being provided with a spout-opening, means provided oppositely of the can from said bridge-piece to act conjointly therewith for holdinga cover-securing bar in place, and a bail tiltablysecured to the said canand provided with devices for engaging with implements carried on the can, substantially as with an opening, and a bridge-piece extenddescribed. ing across the said opening and provided 2. In combination with a can of the charwith a spout-opening, substantially as deacter described, of a bail tiltably connected scribed. 5 thereto, said bail being provided with means In testimony whereof Iaifixmy signaturein I5 for engaging brushes or other implements presence of two witnesses.

placed upon the top of the can, substantially JAMES B. HALL. as described. Witnesses:

3. A can consisting of a vertical surround- PIERRE BARNES,

IO ing wall, a bottom wall, a top wall provided RoBT. B. GILLIEs. 

